Museums in Ancash, Peru

MOMIAS DE WACAHUYA

MOMIAS DE WACAHUYA

Huasta, Ancash

★★★★★ 5 (166 reviews)

It’s not every day you find a museum dedicated to the enduring presence of life, rather than its absence. Tucked away in...

CASA MUSEO DE LA RESISTENCIA CULTURAL ANDINA

CASA MUSEO DE LA RESISTENCIA CULTURAL ANDINA

Huaraz, Ancash

★★★★★ 5 (24 reviews)

People don't just wander in here by accident; they come seeking the real story of the Ancash region, the one written not...

Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Monument

Chavín de Huántar Archaeological Monument

Chavín de Huantar, Ancash

★★★★★ 4.6 (64,282 reviews)

Up here in the highlands, the stones themselves whisper of a time long before the Inca. The Chavín de Huántar monument i...

Chavin National Museum

Chavin National Museum

Chavín de Huantar, Ancash

★★★★★ 4.6 (61,369 reviews)

Tucked into the dramatic Cordillera Blanca mountains of Peru, the Chavín National Museum feels less like a sterile galle...

Templo de Wilcahuain

Templo de Wilcahuain

Independencia, Ancash

★★★★★ 4.5 (5,557 reviews)

Believe it or not, this isn't a typical museum building at all, but a remarkably intact Wari administrative outpost dati...

Regional Museum of Ancash

Regional Museum of Ancash

Casma, Ancash

★★★★★ 4.4 (4,501 reviews)

Tucked away on a bustling avenue in Huaraz, with the staggering white peaks of the Cordillera Blanca as its permanent ba...

Museo Regional de Casma "Max Uhle"

Museo Regional de Casma "Max Uhle"

Cerro Colorado, Ancash

★★★★★ 4.3 (3,270 reviews)

Tucked away in Peru's Casma Valley, the Museo Regional de Casma 'Max Uhle' feels less like a formal institution and more...